Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan completed his study of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes after more than twenty days in Burning Flame Valley, while discussions over the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame remained unresolved. Tang Huo'er then told him that Fire Cloud Ancestor had emerged from seclusion, and Xiao Yan went to meet him.

• Tang Zhen offered Xiao Yan the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame if he switched to Burning Flame Valley's Azure Nether Flame Mantra, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Tang Zhen said Xiao Yan could not remove the Blood Soul Seal without changing cultivation methods, and Xiao Yan asked to discuss the matter after Fire Cloud Ancestor emerged from seclusion.
• Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley elders let Xiao Yan study most of the valley's Dou Techniques and fire-control formulas in gratitude for saving Huo'er.
• Xiao Yan spent more than twenty days studying the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes and Burning Flame Valley's Dou Techniques as people across the Southwest Region investigated the unknown Alchemist behind the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan mastered all three transformations of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, raising his aura from Four-Star Dou Venerate to Five-Star Dou Venerate and awakening his Clan Pattern.
• Tang Huo'er told Xiao Yan that Fire Cloud Ancestor had emerged from seclusion and that Tang Zhen wanted him in the main hall, so Xiao Yan prepared to go.

Tang Zhen introduced Xiao Yan and his extraordinary abilities to Fire Cloud Ancestor, who agreed to exchange Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame for Xiao Yan’s offerings. Xiao Yan left the hall with a deal that also included Fire Cloud Ancestor’s help removing the flame’s Blood Soul Imprint.

• Tang Zhen told Fire Cloud Ancestor that Yao Lao had returned and that Xiao Yan was a remarkably talented young alchemist staying in Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan arrived with Tang Huo'er, and Fire Cloud Ancestor examined his cultivation and exceptional Soul Perception.
• Xiao Yan revealed the eight Heavenly Flames he controlled and asked Fire Cloud Ancestor to name terms for the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Xiao Yan offered a soul cultivation technique, a Fallen Heart Flame Split Flame, and treatment for Fire Cloud Ancestor’s hidden injuries in exchange for the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor accepted the deal and promised to help erase the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame’s Blood Soul Imprint.

Xiao Yan proved that his Fallen Heart Flame Heart Flame could refine cultivation, then used his Fusion Heavenly Flame to remove Fire Cloud Ancestor’s fire poison. Fire Cloud Ancestor recovered and broke through to Late-Stage One-Star Dou Saint, while the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame was promised to Xiao Yan.

• Yao Lao and Fire Cloud Ancestor discussed their cultivation, and Fire Cloud Ancestor suggested that Xiao Yan get to know Tang Huo'er.
• Xiao Yan created a Split Flame from the Fallen Heart Flame, and Tang Huo'er and the others confirmed that it refined their Dou Qi.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor agreed to give Xiao Yan the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame after the Split Flame proved effective.
• Xiao Yan spent three days using his Fusion Heavenly Flame to burn away Fire Cloud Ancestor’s fire poison without damaging his meridians.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor erupted with power and announced that he had reached Late-Stage One-Star Dou Saint.

Xiao Yan acquired the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame from Burning Flame Valley and set off to find Music Valley, while Music Valley’s elders discussed restoring their weakened Valley Master. The chapter left Yun Yun under pressure to surrender her Heavenly Flame in exchange for a powerful medicinal pill.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor recovered from his injuries and urged Tang Huo'er to win Xiao Yan over, while Tang Zhen promised Xiao Yan the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Burning Flame Valley’s Second Elder delivered the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, and Xiao Yan accepted it before receiving a Fire Token from Fire Cloud Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao parted ways, with Yao Lao heading to the Pill Tower and Xiao Yan setting out to find Music Valley.
• Xiao Yan obtained a map of the Central Plains from the Liu Family in Tianhuang City and traveled toward Music Valley.
• Yin Yuan and Music Valley’s elders discussed finding a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill to restore the Valley Master, and Yin Yuan suggested trading Yun Yun’s Heavenly Flame for an alchemist’s help.

Yun Yun refused to surrender her Heavenly Flame to help Music Valley’s ailing Valley Master, then reunited with Xiao Yan, who asked for the flame and offered to refine the needed Tier 8 pill himself. The chapter ended as Music Valley’s alchemy elder recognized Xiao Yan as the leader of the Tian Shu Alliance.

• Yin Yuan pressed Yun Yun to give up her Heavenly Flame so a High Eighth-Tier Alchemist could make a life-extending pill for the Valley Master, but Yun Yun refused and promised to find another solution.
• A disciple told the elders that a masked visitor urgently wanted to see Yun Yun, and Yun Yun hurried out to meet him.
• Xiao Yan greeted Yun Yun outside Music Valley’s small world, and the two exchanged their familiar aliases before the Valley Master and elders arrived.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun for her Heavenly Flame, and she readily agreed, prompting Yin Yuan to object.
• After Yun Yun explained the Valley Master’s condition, Xiao Yan offered to refine the Tier 8 pill himself, and Music Valley’s alchemy elder recognized him as the Tian Shu Alliance leader.

Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun at Music Valley and revealed his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, confirming that he was an Eighth-Rank Alchemist. He agreed to refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill for the valley without compensation, while Yin Yuan challenged his claim that a pill drawing Seven-Colored Pill Lightning would not be difficult for him.

• Cao Feng told the Music Valley Master that the Tian Shu Alliance was led by an Alchemy Grandmaster who could refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pills and possessed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Yun Yun embraced Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan confirmed that he was an Eighth-Rank Alchemist before showing the Music Valley Master his Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Cao Feng and the other elders opposed Yin Yuan's plan to trade Yun Yun's Heavenly Flame for a pill, then asked Xiao Yan to refine one instead.
• Xiao Yan agreed to refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill without compensation, and Yun Yun thanked him.
• Yin Yuan questioned whether Xiao Yan could refine a High-Grade Tier 8 pill that drew Seven-Colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan said it would take time but would not be particularly difficult.
• Yin Yuan challenged Xiao Yan to name which of the Pill Tower's three giants he was.

Xiao Yan refused to prove his alchemy ability or refine a pill for Music Valley, choosing instead to leave with Yun Yun. After Yin Yuan attacked him and lost an arm, the Music Valley Master stopped them from leaving.

• Yin Yuan doubted Xiao Yan could refine a pill that drew Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, and Xiao Yan declined to prove himself or work for Music Valley.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to show him the Heavenly Flames she had collected and began to leave with her.
• Yin Yuan tried to force Xiao Yan to refine a pill for Music Valley, then attacked him when he refused.
• Xiao Yan broke Yin Yuan’s forearm with one blow and destroyed her arm with another before turning to leave with Yun Yun.
• The Music Valley Master called after Xiao Yan and challenged him for injuring Music Valley’s Great Elder.

The Music Valley Master threatened Xiao Yan and Yun Yun over Yin Yuan’s defeat and the Heavenly Flame, so Xiao Yan called on Fire Cloud Ancestor for help. Fire Cloud Ancestor arrived at Music Valley just as the Music Valley Master pressured Xiao Yan.

• The Music Valley Master confronted Xiao Yan and Yun Yun, blaming them for Yin Yuan’s defeat and demanding the Heavenly Flame, the ancestor’s legacy, and their storage rings.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Music Valley Master’s threat and sent a plea for help through the Fire Token.
• Fire Cloud Ancestor received Xiao Yan’s message while cultivating in Burning Flame Valley and immediately set out for Music Valley.
• The Music Valley Master released her Semi-Saint aura against Xiao Yan, but Fire Cloud Ancestor appeared behind her and condemned Music Valley for attacking his benefactor.

Xiao Yan confronted the Music Valley Master with Fire Cloud Ancestor’s help and secured Yun Yun’s succession as Valley Master. He captured Yin Yuan’s soul and stored her body to use in refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor revealed that Xiao Yan had cured his hidden injuries, then restrained the Music Valley Master at Xiao Yan’s request.
• Xiao Yan threatened the Music Valley Master with Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and forced her to choose Elder Yun as the next Valley Master.
• Yin Yuan tried to escape through a spatial passage, but Xiao Yan sealed the space and prevented her from fleeing.
• Xiao Yan ripped Yin Yuan’s soul from her body, sealed it in a jade bottle, and stored her corpse for refining a Heavenly Demon Puppet.

After Xiao Yan helped Yun Yun secure control of Music Valley, she showed him the Heavenly Flame she had found in a secret realm. He identified it as the Turtle Spirit Earthfire and looked forward to adding it to his collection.

• Fire Cloud Ancestor departed after Xiao Yan thanked him for helping defeat Yin Yuan.
• Xiao Yan reassured the Music Valley elders that he would not make an enemy of them and urged them to support Yun Yun as the new valley master.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun entered Music Valley's pocket world, where she showed him the Heavenly Flame she had found in a secret realm.
• Yun Yun explained that the flame had been drawn to the wisp of Myriad Beast Spirit Flame Xiao Yan left in her and that she had kept it in a jar.
• Xiao Yan opened the jar and recognized the brown flame as the thirteenth-ranked Turtle Spirit Earthfire.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun exchanged the truth about their past experiences and agreed that Yun Yun would take over Music Valley and help develop the Tian Shu Alliance. After touring Music Valley, Xiao Yan settled into a quiet room to begin absorbing the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and Turtle Spirit Earthfire.

• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun about his Burning Mantra, his allies, the Tian Shu Alliance, Yao Chen, and his deal with the Ancient Clan, while also revealing his relationships with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.
• Yun Yun recounted how she had struggled in the Central Plains before joining Music Valley, where the Music Valley Master's and Great Elder's jealousy and suppression followed her inheritance from the Music Valley Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun what he had done to the Music Valley Master, and Yun Yun said she would take over Music Valley and assist the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun toured Music Valley, where Xiao Yan learned that the Soul Hall's targeting had contributed to the valley's poor resources and development.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to arrange a quiet room so he could begin absorbing the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame and Turtle Spirit Earthfire.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Turtle Spirit Earthfire and the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, reaching Five-Star Dou Venerate and strengthening his Fusion Heavenly Flame. He then received a message from Yao Lao that an arrangement had been made through one of the Pill Tower's Three Giants.

• Xiao Yan opened the jar containing the Turtle Spirit Earthfire and absorbed its flame seed, but gained only half a star of cultivation.
• The Turtle Spirit Earthfire's energy improved the Burning Mantra slightly and strengthened Xiao Yan's Fusion Heavenly Flame, while he declined to awaken a Heaven-Swallowing Talent for its defensive trait.
• Xiao Yan opened the jar containing the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, confirmed its flame seed had no Blood Soul Seal, and absorbed it.
• The Nine Dragon Lightning Flame filled Xiao Yan's remaining half-star of cultivation, bringing him to Five-Star Dou Venerate, and he noted its soul-intimidating dragon might as a possible Heaven-Swallowing Talent.
• Xiao Yan received Yao Lao's message through the Medicine Token and learned that an arrangement had already been made with help from one of the Pill Tower's Three Giants.

After absorbing two Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan left Music Valley and parted from Yun Yun before traveling to Pill City. There, he encountered Dan Xuan and Dan Chen, and Dan Chen stopped him as he left a restaurant.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after five days and told Yun Yun he was leaving Music Valley.
• Yun Yun revealed that the old Valley Master had passed leadership of Music Valley to her and promised to help Xiao Yan in the future.
• Xiao Yan parted from Yun Yun and traveled to Pill City to use the Dan Clan's spatial wormhole to reach Holy Pill City.
• After eating at a restaurant, Xiao Yan recognized Dan Xuan and Dan Chen as members of the Dan Clan and decided not to approach them.
• As Xiao Yan passed Dan Xuan and Dan Chen at the restaurant entrance, Dan Chen called out to him and asked him to stop.

After Dan Chen discovered that Xiao Yan could suppress her soul-absorbing talent, Dan Xuan brought him to the Dan Clan, where Dan Hong offered him a guest elder position. Xiao Yan refused but proposed taking Dan Chen as his disciple after the Soul Spirit Emperor revealed a way to help her control her constitution.

• Dan Chen asked Xiao Yan to stay near her because his presence suppressed her talent, and Dan Xuan invited him to the Dan Clan.
• Dan Chen's soul-absorbing talent resumed when she left Xiao Yan's side, weakening her body again.
• Dan Hong explained Dan Chen's condition and offered Xiao Yan a guest elder position in exchange for keeping her nearby.
• Xiao Yan refused the offer, then proposed taking Dan Chen as his disciple.
• The Soul Spirit Emperor told Xiao Yan that Dan Chen could turn the energy she absorbed into crystals that directly increased her soul power.

Xiao Yan accepted Dan Chen as his apprentice and traveled with her toward Holy Pill City, where Yao Lao awaited him at the Pill Tower. The chapter ended with Yao Lao confidently telling the Pill Tower elders that Xiao Yan could subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan recognized the value of Dan Chen’s special talent and agreed to take her as his apprentice after Dan Hong accepted his terms.
• Xiao Yan gave Dan Hong a Tian Shu Alliance Elder Token, and Dan Hong secretly gave Dan Chen a jade pendant that could summon an Emperor Clan Semi-Saint for help.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, and a Dan Clan elder departed Pill City by Space Ship for Holy Pill City.
• During the journey, Xiao Yan told Dan Chen his real name and that he planned to subdue the Pill Tower’s Heavenly Flame, then practiced his Dou Skills.
• At the Pill Tower, Xuankong Zi and Tianleizi questioned whether Xiao Yan could subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Yao Lao declared that even a higher-ranked Heavenly Flame would pose no problem for his disciple.

Yao Lao discussed his restored youthful body with the Pill Tower’s Three Giants, then sensed that Xiao Yan had reached Holy Pill City. At the city’s Outer Region, Xiao Yan’s group encountered Cao Ying, who recognized Dan Chen and began studying her masked master.

• Xuankong Zi and Tianleizi agreed that Yao Lao should look older, but Xuan Yi defended his youthful appearance and revealed her lingering affection for him.
• Yao Lao sensed that Xiao Yan had arrived in the Outer Region and invited the Pill Tower’s Three Giants to meet him, insisting his disciple would exceed their expectations.
• Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, and a Dan Clan elder arrived at Holy Pill City aboard a spatial ship, drawing attention to the Dan Clan emblem.
• A carriage bearing the Cao Clan emblem arrived, and Cao Ying greeted Dan Chen before focusing her attention on Xiao Yan.
• Cao Ying wondered whether Dan Chen’s masked master was an Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist, while Xiao Yan recognized her as the alchemy genius Cao Ying.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his extraordinary flame control by refining a high-tier fifth-tier medicinal pill, changing Cao Ying’s opinion of him and teaching Dan Chen a technique. As the group traveled toward the inner region of Holy Pill City, Xiao Yan sensed his master approaching, and Xuankong Zi arrived with Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and another man.

• Cao Ying questioned Dan Chen about Xiao Yan’s background and learned how he had suppressed Dan Chen’s Heaven-Swallowing Talent.
• Cao Ying and Dan Chen compared their ability to refine high-tier fifth-tier pills, and Cao Ying offered to share what she learned from Xuankong Zi.
• Xiao Yan asked Dan Chen where she struggled, then demonstrated precise flame control by refining a high-tier fifth-tier pill bare-handed in minutes.
• Dan Chen told Xiao Yan she had learned the technique, and he invited her to ask him for help whenever she needed it.
• Xiao Yan sensed his master approaching from Holy Pill City’s inner region, and Xuankong Zi, Xuan Yi, Tianleizi, and a handsome man emerged from a spatial rift.

Xiao Yan met Xuankong Zi, Tianleizi, and Xuan Yi at the Pill Tower, where his identity as Yao Chen’s disciple surprised Dan Chen and Cao Ying. After demonstrating his strength and Flame Control Technique, he earned permission to enter the Star Region and subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then removed his mask and stunned everyone with his youthful face.

• Yao Chen introduced Xiao Yan to his old friends Xuankong Zi, Tianleizi, and Xuan Yi, while Dan Chen and Cao Ying realized who Xiao Yan was.
• Xiao Yan explained how he had met Dan Chen and become her master, then Xuankong Zi brought the group back to the Pill Tower.
• Xuankong Zi questioned whether Xiao Yan had enough strength and flame-controlling skill to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan revealed his five-star Dou Venerate cultivation and used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to create two fighting magical beasts, impressing the Pill Tower elders.
• Xuankong Zi approved Xiao Yan’s entry into the Star Region, and Xiao Yan removed his mask at Xuankong Zi’s request, leaving the hall speechless at his youthful appearance.

Xiao Yan revealed that he was only twenty, stunning Xuankong Zi, Tianleizi, Xuan Yi, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen with his Five-Star Dou Venerate strength and High Seventh Grade alchemy. Xuankong Zi agreed that he could absorb the Three Thousand Burning Flame and opened the Star Region Gate to begin.

• Xiao Yan told Xuankong Zi that he was twenty, and Yao Lao confirmed his age as the others reacted with disbelief at his accomplishments.
• Cao Ying lost confidence that she could catch up to Xiao Yan, while Dan Chen expressed her admiration and called him Master.
• Yao Lao asked Xuankong Zi to let Xiao Yan absorb the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xuankong Zi agreed.
• Xiao Yan declined any preparation time and followed Xuankong Zi, Yao Lao, Xuan Yi, and Tianleizi toward the Star Region.
• Xuankong Zi warned Xiao Yan that the intelligent Three Thousand Burning Flame would be difficult to absorb, then he, Xuan Yi, and Tianleizi opened the Star Region Gate.

Xiao Yan entered the Star Region with Xuankong Zi to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, but discovered the flame recognized him as its master and wanted to leave willingly. Three Thousand Burning Flame agreed to follow Xiao Yan after he promised to take it to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xiao Yan sealed it in the Earth Fire Lotus Platform.

• Xuankong Zi guided Xiao Yan into the Star Region and explained that Three Thousand Burning Flame had grown increasingly difficult to contain.
• Xiao Yan and Xuankong Zi found Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a colossal flaming dragon, and Xuankong Zi warned Xiao Yan to inject soul power into an unburned scale on its forehead.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame awakened, recognized Xiao Yan as the master of flames, and said it was willing to become his subordinate.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame asked to find the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xiao Yan promised to bring it there in the future.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame shrank and asked Xiao Yan to subdue it, so Xiao Yan drew it into the Earth Fire Lotus Platform.